Online Resources

Elderly/Senior (+60)

• Social Security Benefits
• Medicare Benefits
• Food Stamps and Medicaid Applications
• Housing Options for Seniors
• Services for Seniors in Broward County
• American Association of Retired Person (AARP)
• Broward County Housing Authority
• Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority
• Deerfield Beach Housing Authority
• Pompano Beach Housing Authority
• Hollywood Housing Authority

Family Law

• Family Court Services
  • Help in completing Petitions for Injunction against Domestic Violence
  • Sells self-help packets for family law matters
• Women In Distress
  • Crisis counseling for victims of domestic violence and their children. Emergency shelter.
• Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center
  • Residential housing and/or services for women (and their children) needing treatment for alcohol and drug abuse.
• Department of Revenue
• Support Enforcement Division (S.E.D.)
  • Can enforce child support and alimony orders if Court Ordered to be paid through S.E.D.
• Broward Sheriffs Office
• Broward County Bar Association
  • Low cost legal services for family law, consumer and landlord tenant issues.
  • Lawyer referral service.
• Florida Department of Child & Families and Economic Self Sufficiency Services
  • These offices determine eligibility for cash assistance, food stamps and medicaid
• Women Investigating New Goals and Services – WINGS
  • Free career counseling and job placement.
• Self Help Forms Approved by Florida Supreme Court
• Broward Victims Rights Coalition
• Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
• National Council Against Domestic Violence

Public Benefits

• Child Care
• SSI
• Children’s Health
• Taxes
• Food Stamps
• Unemployment Insurance
• Medicaid
• Veterans’ Benefits
• Medicare
• Welfare/Public Assistance
• Social Security and Social Security Disability